A lady visiting a Saivite shrine

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Muhammad Faqirullah Khan

08/10/2015

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1 Enakshi Ganguly = ""A lady visiting a Saivite shrineOpaque watercolor on paper ca. 1750, Muhammad Faqirullah Khan (attributed to)Richard Johnson Collection, British Library"Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Muhammad_Faqirullah_Khan_A_lady_visiting_a_Saivite_shrine_ca._1750_British_Library,.jpg"

2 Enakshi Ganguly = ""The painting is a pictorial representation of the musical mode of the Bhairavi Ragini, usually depicted by a lady worshipping a lingam. Khan’s later work indicates that he moved away from the Mughal court to find patronage elsewhere." Source: http://www.mid-day.com/photos/inside-the-darbar-of--mughal-art--in-delhi/4202/35361#sthash.ZicJUcR7.dpuf"

3 Enakshi Ganguly = ""Shaivism or Saivism is one of the four most widely followed sects of Hinduism, which reveres the God Shiva as the Supreme Being. It is also known as śaiva paṁtha (Sanskrit: शैव पंथ; lit. "pantha associated with Shiva") and Saivam (Tamil: சைவம்)."Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaivism"

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A lady visiting a Saivite shrine

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